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Are you a new, first-year student majoring—or interested in—Psychology?

If you are enrolled in PSYCH100, then our PSYCHSurvivor programme will help equip you with the skills you need to do well.

PSYCHSurvivor is a three-day programme geared around the very activities you’ll do in PSYCH100 and beyond.

You’ll learn some basic principles of psychology and psychological research. You will also learn how to recognise what’s important in a lecture, how to take notes, and how to study—based on actual psychological research on these topics.

PSYCSurvivor will help prepare you to do well in Psychology, but it will also help prepare you to do well in other papers at university.

You’ll meet other students enrolled in PSYCH100, as well as a few students doing more advanced Psychology study, and some of our lecturers and other staff. PSYCHSurvivor is friendly and helpful, not competitive or judgy. You’ll have a good time and head in to your first semester ready to roll, with some new friends.

PSYCHSurvivor won’t cost you anything (unless you need accommodation). You can apply for PSYCHSurvivor if you are a new, first-year student coming to study Psychology, and enrolled in PSYCH100. But there are limited places, which means that we cannot accept everyone who applies. We are especially interested in working with students who are the first in their whānau/first in their family to go to university.

We expect that if you do apply, and you’re accepted, you will fully participate in the complete three-day programme.

The specifics:

When is it?

PSYCSurvivor runs February 14, 15 and 16, 2018. We will notify successful applicants as soon as we can, to give you time to organise your transportation and (if you need it) accommodation. The University hostels have a small number of rooms available for $45/night.

Where is it?

PSYCHSurvivor takes place on the Hamilton campus.

I want in. How do I apply?

Excellent. To make PSYCSurvivor a great experience for you, we have to keep it small. Places are limited, so you’ll need to apply. The application process is easy—just answer a few questions. Applications close Friday, February 9, at noon.

PSYCSurvivor is like the TV show Survivor in some ways, but not others. To review:

Like the TV show Survivor, we are looking for a mix of people from various backgrounds and families.

When you get to the end, you’ll get a million dollars. Kidding. Nobody gets any dollars at the end.

Unlike the TV show, PSYCHSurvivor does not take place on a tropical island; it takes place in Hamilton, which is close enough to a tropical island that you probably won’t notice.

Also, there will be no fires, snakes, or dangerous insects.

And one more thing to keep in mind:

PSYCHSurvivor is not a paper that counts towards your degree or major. But it will teach you a bundle of skills and you’ll be really glad you took part.

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